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I think the whole thing with Turky is much more complex than just "bad islamists" against "good secularists". Don't forget that the Turkish "secularists" are mostly extremely nationalistic, they are against Turkey joining the EU and they don't have any problem with a military coup d'etat if it serves their aims. Furthermore its the "secularist" establishment in the army and state that is extremely corrupt and wants to continue the oppression of the Kurds. The "islamists" on the other hand are relatively moderate in comparison with most other countries in the region, they have done many reforms in the last years for the benefit of the economy and the installment of civilised European standards. Their victory in the last elections is more a reward for that and a veto against the undemocratic military than a vote for any kind of radical islamism...

Swissguy, thanks for the enlightenment! You see I don't know that much about Turkey except that a secular state in the Middle East seems like a good thing. Thanks for the info. Moderate Islamists what a concept!